California Health and Safety Code 24187 – For violations of Section 24185, the State Director of Health …
For violations of Section 24185, the State Director of Health Services may, after appropriate notice and opportunity for hearing, by order, levy administrative penalties as follows:
(a) If the violator is a corporation, firm, clinic, hospital, laboratory, or research facility, by a civil penalty of not more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) or the applicable amount under subdivision (c), whichever is greater.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 24187
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(b) If the violator is an individual, by a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or the applicable amount under subdivision (c), whichever is greater.
(c) If any violator derives pecuniary gain from a violation of this section, the violator may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than an amount equal to the amount of the gross gain multiplied by two.
(d) The administrative penalties shall be paid to the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 688, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)